Notre Dame Bay

Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.

Notre Dame Bay is located in Newfoundland
Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay
Location of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland
Notre Dame Bay in 1911

The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.[1]

Trump Islands are located within Notre Dame Bay.

References
  1. Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 239. ISBN 0-8020-7570-3.

49°45′00″N 54°59′57″W


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